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Tasan wrote:I was using the study as a generality to bolster my point. We are wasting money on malpractice insurance. Insurance rates have continued to climb steadily in the past few years as the actual number and severity of cases brought against doctors has been steadily falling. Again, insurance companies are cash cows who are very good at hiding the fact that their premiums aren't well regulated and more or less don't coincide with actual costs. I realize that wasn't clearly stated anywhere before.

Tasan wrote:Yes, I agree 20 dollars doesn't seem like a lot per capita, but numbers spread out like that never look good. You may want to consider politics with a mindset like that.

Tasan wrote:Also, I don't get the "hard working, intelligent" people jab. I made no effort to "take sides" in any debate. I pointed out something that I didn't want people to forget about.

Tasan wrote:And yes, you proved your point. The study doesn't make a great foundation for an argument. I wasn't about to devote hours to finding information I know most people here won't give a crap about anyhow.

Ragorn wrote:This morning, I woke up to my alarm clock, which is powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I took a shower in clean water, supplied to me by the local municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC-regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration was predicting for the weather, based on information provided by satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture-inspected food. I took my medication, carefully regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, before leaving for work.

I had time to eat my breakfast thanks to the national labor standards regulated by the US Congress. I knew what time it was thanks to the accurate timekeeping of the US Naval Observatory. Anyway, I got into my automobile (approved and inspected by the National Traffic Safety Administration) and set out to work, using the roads built by my local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation. Along the way, I stopped to fill my car with fuel whose octane and safety ratings were approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. On the way out the door, I deposited my rent check into a mailbox provided by the United States Postal Service before dropping my kids off at public school.

After work, I drove my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to the house which has not burned down in my absence because of state and local building codes, along with the fire marshall's inspection. Thankfully, my house had not been plundered of all its valuables, due in part to the local police department.

After a long day of work, I logged onto the TorilMUD BBS so I could bitch about how badly Obama is fucking up the country with Socialism and how the US Government can never do anything right.

Todrael wrote:Do you have any information as to how much money this actually represents? I agree that it could certainly have an impact on our policy decisions, should we know how it fits into the picture.

Ragorn wrote:the US Government can never do anything right.

teflor the ranger wrote:

Ragorn wrote:the US Government can never do anything right.

We seem to be getting it right in Iraq.